Drifting Sword Plant

Aponogeton natans

(L.) Engl. & K.Krause Species

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Botanical name
Aponogeton natans
Also known as
Drifting Sword Plant, Floating Lace Plant
Family
Aponogetonaceae
Genus
Aponogeton
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Drifting Sword Plant

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Aponogeton natans but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Aponogeton flavidum Aponogeton lineare Aponogeton lucens Aponogeton monostachyon Aponogeton monostachys Potamogeton indicus Saururus natans Spathium monostachyum

Others in Aponogeton

Aponogeton appendiculatus
Aponogeton stuhlmannii
Aponogeton vallisnerioides
Aponogeton angustifolius
Aponogeton cuneatus
Aponogeton decaryi
Aponogeton jacobsenii
Aponogeton nudiflorus

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